Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing
SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unani...
SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unani...
AP | MICHELLE ROBERTS | Posted 11.06.2009 | Home
ELDORADO, Texas — The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following last year's raid at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in West Texa...
The Huffington Post | Posted 09.27.2009 | World
Tushar Waghmare, an airline engineer in Mumbai, has been arrested for polygamy after one of his six wives discovered he was married to another woman, ...
newsweek.com | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
Polyamory--relationships with multiple, mutually consenting partners--has a coming-out party....
newser.com | (Jun 5, 09 9:45 CDT) | Posted 07.06.2009 | Home
An up-and-coming player in the genre of "hipster world music",Prince Zimboo Abakunamabooba is an African hip-hopper with 999 wives--or is he?...
Jane Minogue | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living
Stop debating whether or not gay marriage will open the door to polygamy and bestiality, and understand that marriage is an ever-changing arrangement to meet individual, social, cultural, and religious needs.
GlobalPost | Stephanie Rice | Posted 06.04.2009 | World
By Stephanie Rice DIMONA, Israel -- As a young African-American man in late 1970s Chicago, Atur Yirmeyahu was contemplating the fairly standard dile...
Carol Hoenig | Posted 05.20.2009 | World
For our Afghanistan sisters escaping from a domineering marriage can mean possible death without punishment for the husband since the government recognizes Islamic law as the law of the land.
Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 04.30.2009 | Style
As part of her hour-long special from the FLDS Yearning for Zion ranch, Oprah talked to a group of teenage girls about their lives and asked them abou...
Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 04.30.2009 | Style
Oprah Winfrey spent Monday's show with exclusive access to the FLDS Yearning for Zion ranch in Texas, including interviews with many residents, polyga...
Mark Blankenship | Posted 04.23.2009 | Entertainment
It's time to say goodbye to another season of the greatest drama currently on television. Yes, you guys. That's exactly what it is, and the finale proved why.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 04.17.2009 | Entertainment
I've taken an extra day to process this week's installment -- "Outer Darkness" -- because it's the most controversial of the season (if not the series.)
people.com | Alex Tresniowski | Posted 04.15.2009 | Home
When little Gloria Barlow feels happy, she makes a purring sound, "like she doesn't even know how to express it," says her mom, Nancy. But other times...
Mark Blankenship | Posted 04.03.2009 | Entertainment
You were never going to be First Wife, Kathy, even though Wanda wanted to cede her authority to you. But you will be missed.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 03.26.2009 | Entertainment
Before I go on, can I just reiterate that Big Love is the best drama on television right now?
Mark Blankenship | Posted 03.05.2009 | Entertainment
Can I just say that I love Rhonda's fashion sense? She's traded compound clothes for decently normal streetwear, but she still rocks the polygamy hair, complete with mountainous bangs.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment
I'll tell you one of the reasons I enjoy Big Love: The writers know how to give each episode a satisfying internal arc without sacrificing the sense of the big picture.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 02.25.2009 | Entertainment
Last week, almost everyone supported Margene, but she seemed to be sabotaging herself this week. Rolling over to play "Mommy" for no apparent reason? What's her damage?
Mark Blankenship | Posted 02.18.2009 | Entertainment
It's been almost eighteen months, but it's finally time: Welcome back to Big Love, y'all. How do you like your crazy? Familial? Political? Surprisingly multi-ethnic?
New York Times | Posted 02.16.2009 | Entertainment
Repulsion over polygamy is so ingrained in the American consciousness -- analogizing it to slavery, the Republican platform of 1856 called it one of t...
AP | JEREMY HAINSWORTH | Posted 02.07.2009 | World
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Two top leaders of a polygamous community in western Canada have been arrested and charged with practicing polygam...
Lee Stranahan | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living
I'm in favor of real marriage equality. Love the one you're with -- love the two or more you're with, if you can work that out. Marry them if you're into that kind of thing.
Patricia Nell Warren | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
The fact is, not one but three different factions want to get polygamy legalized. Each is basing its claim to religious freedom on its sacred book.
Andrea Moore-Emmett | Posted 11.09.2008 | Living
What do you make of U.S.-born children who don't have the basics of an education? Or of children who have reportedly never seen a crayon?
Marci Hamilton | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
About 20% of boys, and 25% of girls, are sexually abused in the United States. If we were to ignore our age of consent laws, we could reduce those numbers dramatically. And why stop with the laws governing sex?
AP | JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics